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UI/UX Web Developer
WorldStrides | |
United States, Virginia, Williamsburg | |
April 29, 2024 | |
UI/UX Web Developer, Higher Ed WorldStrides is the global leader in educational travel and experiential learning. The company was founded over 50 years ago and has grown to provide a wide range of programs for more than 550,000 students annually from more than 5,000 K12 schools and universities to over 100 countries around the world. WorldStrides offers experiential learning programs in educational travel, performing arts, language immersion, career exploration, service-learning, study abroad, and sports. Each of these experiences helps students to see beyond the classroom and to see the world - and themselves - in new ways. About the Position As the Web Developer for our higher ed division, you will be part of the Higher Ed Marketing Team supporting UI/UX front end development including building, enhancing, and supporting our customer-facing web sites. In addition to development, you'll provide technical expertise working closely with all the other functional teams such as Marketing, Sales, IT, and Creative Services to develop the best possible front-end web pages while maintaining high standards of quality and performance. The position requires strong technical, organizational and communications skills, and a passion for user-centered technology. This role will have direct involvement in hands-on front-end web development. Applicants must have strong knowledge of the modern web environment--from the presentation tier (HTML/CSS/JS) through webservers and caching. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of industry trends and content management systems and SEO best practices, and will improve on-page SEO by optimizing web pages, identifying opportunities for improvement through internal linking, addition of keywords, improved page meta-data, etc. This position will build on the agile engineering culture, adhering to development standards and processes, and working with other groups to implement web development best practices. Responsibilities
Home Office - US; Charlottesville, VA - Headquarters Required Skills and Experience
Preferred Qualifications
Contact: Amber Garrett Senior Director of Marketing, Higher Ed amber@worldstrides.com Eligible |